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No. 578 in Finnish

kerrottu

"Repeated" or "told."

In a sentence

  • Tämä tarina on kerrottu monta kertaa.

    This story has been told many times.

    Used as past participle, passive voice, indicating an action completed by someone.

  • Hän muisti kaiken, mitä oli hänelle kerrottu.

    He remembered everything that had been told to him.

    Past participle, passive voice, implying something communicated or shared.

  • Muista, että kaikki kerrottu ei ole totta.

    Keep in mind that everything told is not true.

    Used nominally to refer to 'that which has been told', emphasizing the outcome of the action.

  • Tarina on kerrottu monta kertaa.

    The story has been told many times.

    Here, 'kerrottu' is the past participle of the verb 'kertoa' (to tell) and is used in the passive form to indicate that the action (telling the story) was carried out by an undefined agent.

  • Hänelle oli kerrottu kaikki ennen kokousta.

    Everything had been told to him before the meeting.

    In this case, 'kerrottu' functions as the past participle in a passive past perfect construction, showing that the telling was completed before a certain time.

  • Kerrotut faktat auttavat meitä ymmärtämään tilanteen paremmin.

    The told facts help us understand the situation better.

    Here, 'kerrotut' is used in its adjectival form, derived from the past participle of 'kertoa', to describe the facts, providing information about their state as being previously narrated.

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